Community Action for Sustainable Forests (CASFor)

• Local people and Indigenous people of the 4 provinces, Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom who are members of CFUGs, including women and youth
• Private sector/actors included micro-finance institution/bank, supporting the forest restoration and communityproduct market
• Technical officials and administration of Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of Environment at subnational and national levels
• CSOs supporting people and communities impacted by land issues

Outcome1: Enhanced resilient livelihoods through enabling communities to participate in integrated landscape management.

Outcome 2: Enhanced forest governance through strengthened forest monitoring and an improved enabling framework for community base forest management.

Outcome 3: Improved protection of land rights and continued access to/availability of natural resources for target populations 

Resultados previstos:  

• 86,600 people of 146 community forest user groups (CFUGs) benefit from resilience-building and climate change adaptation measures including disaster risk reduction measures
• Forest area approx. 181,100 ha under sustainable forest management; 
• 45 business partnerships between communities and private sector/actors for forest restoration implemented
• 18 gender sensitive multi-stakeholder dialogues supported, giving space to 15 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) seeking conflict resolution through those dialogues
• 3 forest monitoring systems developed and/or strengthened to ensure that community forests are integrated and contribute to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and national report to UNFCCC and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

The opening credit was used to conduct the studies as outlined in the Entry Proposal and to develop the project document. Key lessons learnt from previous interventions such as the SDC initiated Partnership for Forestry and Fisheries and from the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) include:

• Successful community forestry initiatives require uptake of approaches, ideally at landscape level, that address the identified drivers of deforestation and loss of natural resources
• These approaches need to be combined with policy interventions at the national level and sustainable finance solutions
• The legal framework and governance mechanisms in place should be used in favour of communities to secure their land and resource use rights to the maximum extent